The wine is partly aged in 600-litre barrels

A very dark

and now has roughly 10 acres under vine

(aged in new oak barriques for 42 months)

The 2016 Trotte Vieille is blessed with a finely tuned bouquet of brambly red berry fruit

Antinori (Guado Tasso), Matarocchio Vintage:2021 The wine is partly aged2011 was a bit of a crazy season; September saw milder weather together with sporadic precipitation, which allowed the Cabernet Franc to complete the final ripening phase in a uniform fashion. This is confirmed by an incredible intensity of colour and extraction (30 days with fermentation and maceration) after five days of cold soak, before malolactic fermentation in 100% new French barrique. A restrained, sweet tobacco aroma dominates the nose,